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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS BOUCHER, OF RIVERTON, MICHIGAN.

PUM PING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 666,641, dated January 29, 1901.

Application filed March 15, 1900. 'Serial No. 8,817. (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS BOUCHER, a resident of Riverton, in the county of Mason and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumping Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same.

My invention relates to an improved pumping apparatus, one object of the invention being to provide an improved apparatus which will automatically maintain a certain amount of water under pressure.

A further object is to provide a storagetank or reservoir with improved means for automatically stopping the supply of water thereto and permitting the supply to be renewed when diminished.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in section; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views in section, taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

A represents a base or support, and B a tower of ordinary construction supported thereon and provided a suitable distance above the base with a perforated platform 1. A pump-stock 2 is supported centrally on the platform 1 and is provided with an upwardlyprojecting slotted arm 3, provided at its upper end with a lug 4, having a hole therein in alinement with the bore of the pump-stock for the passage of the piston-rod 5. A bifurcated bracket 6 is made on one side of the stock 2, and a link 7 is pivoted at its lower end therein, and a pump-handle 8 is fulcrumed between its ends on the upper end of said link and is disposed in the slotted arm 3 and pivotally secured at its end to the piston-rod 5. The piston-rod 5 extends down into a pump-cylinder 9, provided centrally in a casing 10, disposed above the base A, and is provided in said cylinder with a piston 11. The pump-cylinder 9 communicates centrally with a pipe 12, extending down into the water-supply, and on one side the casing 10 connects with an upwardly-extending pipe 13, provided at its upper end, above the platform 1, with a gooseneck or hydrant 14, and a plug is provided in the upper portion of said pipe to open and close the water-passage therethrough. The other end of said casing 10 is connected with an air-tight tank or reservoir (J, at or near the bot-tom thereof, by a pipe 16, provided between its ends with a check-valve to prevent the return of water to the ,casing. A vertical cylinder 17 is disposed beside the tank or reservoir and is connected therewith at its lower end by a pipe 18, and a plunger 19 is mounted in said cylinder 17 and secured to a plunger-rod 20, which projects up through the platform 1 and is loosely mounted at its upper end in a hole in a cross-bar 21, secured to the tower, and said plunger-rod 20 is made between its ends with aperipheral enlargement or shoulder 22, and a coiled spring 23 is provided on the rod and disposed between the peripheral shoulder 22 and the cross-bar 21 to press the plunger downward. A rope or cable 24 is secured to the plunger-rod 20, between the ends of the latter, and extends down and around a pulley 25, mounted on a bracket 26, secured on the platform 1, and then extends upward and is secured toa clutch D for throwing the wind-wheel (connected with the piston-rod by a pitman E and adapted to operate the piston) out of gear for a purpose more fully hereinafter. explained. A pipe 27 communicates with the lower end of the cylinder 17 and is normally closed at its end by a plug 28, and a pipe 29 communicates with the pipe 27, between the ends of the latter, and communicates at its other end with an upwardlyprojecting pipe 30, adapted to convey the water to a house or other place where the supply is desired. The pipe 29 is provided between its ends with a valve 31, havinga stem 32 projecting up through the platform 1, and provided on its upper end with a lever or handhold 33 for turning the same to open and close the water-passage through said pipe.

The tank 0 is provided in its top with an air-inlet spout 34, normally closed by a cap 35, and it will be seen that should it be desired to' increase the pressure of air in the tank the cap can be readily removed and an air-pump (not shown) connected with the spout 34 to force a sufficient amount of air in to the tank to bring the pressure therein up to the desired point. 7

The operation of my improvement is as follows When the wind-wheel E is operated, it will reciprocate the piston-rod 5 and piston 11 thereon to raise the water from the supply and force it through the pipe 16 into tank or reservoir C, and as said tank is air-tight the air therein will be compressed by the incoming water. As the water enters the tank 0 it will simultaneously enter the cylinder 17 and raise the plunger 19 therein and also the plunger-rod 20, to which the plunger is secured, and when the plunger is raised to a predetermined height the rope or cable 24, secured to the rod, will operate to throw the wind-wheel out of gear and stop the operation of the piston 11. When a water-supply is desired through the pipe 30, the valve 31 is opened and the air-pressure in the tank or reservoir 0 will force the water through said pipe, and as soon as the water begins to diminish in the tank and cylinder 17 the plunger 19 and rod 20 will drop down and permit the wind-Wheel to resume its operation of pumping water into the tank. If it is desired to draw water from the gooseneck or hydrant 14, the valve 15 is operated to open the passage and the water forced therethrough by the wind-wheel or manually by the pump-handle 8. If the tank or reservoir should become dirty, or if it should be desired to exhaust the water therefrom, the plug 28 can be removed and the Water from the tank permitted to escape through the pipe 27 and .the pump operated to flush and clean the tank.

I would have it understood that I do not wish to be limited to the precise arrangement of pipes for conveying water from the tank or reservoir nor to the exact construction of the other several detail parts of the apparatus shown and described, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as'fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a pump, a motor therefor and an air-tight tank or reservoir adapted to receive water from the pump, of a cylinder in direct and constant communication with the tank or reservoir, a plunger in said cylinder, a plunger-rod projecting upwardly from said plunger, a guide for said rod, a shonlderon said rod, a spring normally disposed on the rod between the guide and shoulder and resisting the ascent of said plunger, a rope or chain attached at one end to the pl linger-rod, a pulley below the attachment of the rope or chain to the plunger-rod, said rope or chain passing about said pulley and then upwardly and connected at its-other end with the motor for throwing the latter out of action when the plungerin the cylinder has reached a predetermined height.

. 2. The combination with a pump, an airtight tank communicating therewith and a motor connected with the pump causing the latter to force water into the tank, of an outlet-pipe communicating at one end with the tank and provided at its other end with aremovable cap or plug, means connected with said pipe for controlling the operation of the pump, a service-pipe also communicating with the first-mentioned pipe and a valve between said first-mentioned pipe and the service-pipe.

' In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AMOS BOUGHER.

Witnesses:

E. N. FITCH, H. G. REEK. 

